The College of Urgent Care Medicine

Best Practices

Read best practice summary articles from the College of Urgent Care Medicine on a variety of topics. Summaries discuss evidence based guidelines which represent the most efficient course of action in the Urgent Care setting.

September 2024

Urgent Caring Q3 2024 –

February 2024

Diagnosing and Starting Hypertension Treatment for Otherwise Healthy Adults in Urgent Care Setting –

2023 Best Practice Bundle

Includes:

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Group-A Streptococcal Pharyngitis in Adults and Children
  • Diagnosing and Treating Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection and Pyelonephritis in Urgent Care
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis 
  • Syphilis Update -Benzathine Penicillin G Shortage
  • Syphilis Testing Notice July 2024 Update
  • Opioids for Pain Control in Urgent Care 

2022 Best Practice Bundle

Includes:

  • Evaluation of the Outside Your Scope Patient Presenting for Treatment 
  • Cerumen Impaction
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
  • Antibiotic Stewardship 

2021 Best Practice Bundle

Includes:

  • Tetanus-Vaccination in Urgent Care
  • Management of Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Update of CDC Guidelines of the treatment of Gonococcal Infection
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Influenza

POLICIES

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TOOLS

Urgent-Care-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Toolkit–

The COVID Toolkit is undergoing revisions and will be reposted in the fall of 2024.